Salary: £2,800 🇬🇧
Rent: £1,400
Income tax: £270
National Insurance: £171
Council tax: £180
Gas: £80
Electricity: £95
Water: £50
Car insurance: £100
Food: £200
Phone: £40
Leisure: £50
Money left: £164
And that’s being conservative.
How are people in the UK meant to live pay cheque to pay cheque?
Kalenjin daughter Catherine Soi of Al Jazeera has done the Lord’s work. She has exposed the warlord from Tot Murkomen to the world for asking the police to kill young Kenyans.
Grown men, as you sit at home like sheep fearing Ruto, a young Shakira Wafula is in the streets fighting for your liberties. How does that make you feel?
The UK Visa Application Centre (VFS Global) in Westlands, Nairobi, is a masterclass in modern day exploitation.
Kenyans pay hundreds of dollars, wait in the sun, get misinformed, and walk away feeling less human. The new venue at Principal Place (yes, they left 9West) has no proper waiting area and no parking. This is by design to have you pay 17K for their VIP/Premium “services “
If you’re not paying for premium services, you’re left outside in the heat, on the pavement. Elderly people, parents with kids, students, all treated like a security threat
Their Communication is Trash. You get vague emails like “your passport is ready for collection ” only to be turned away and told “collection is from 2pm to 5pm, (you can easily indicate that on the same damn email) That means if you show up at 10am, you’ll have to wait till 2pm or you can easily pay the 17K to be attended to quickly.. ?? EXPLOITATION
No clear timeline. No courtesy. You’re meant to guess your way through it.
These centers aren’t run by embassies, they’re outsourced to private companies who monetize your desperation. It’s a business, not a service.
And guess what? No refund if your visa is denied(familiar?)
The worst part? This is normalized.
We’ve accepted that applying for a visa means surrendering your dignity just to maybe be allowed into a country that benefits from our labor, money, and talent.
If Global North countries want to charge Africans these high fees and accord them zero dignity , the bare minimum should be basic human respect. Decent waiting areas. Transparent timelines and Fair communication.
This isn’t about security. It’s about power and exploitation…
This system needs to be called out and changed.
And it’s time African governments started protecting their citizens from this daylight exploitation.
We won’t see these images on European TVs when they talk about the Congo crisis. Instead, they’ll show you a crying child or a struggling mother—never their mercenaries fleeing in shame. Their superiority complex won’t allow them to broadcast their own defeats.
By the way, each was paid $8,000 on monthlybasis, and there are hundreds of them. They were defeated at the end of the month—who will pocket their salaries in Kinshasa? Remember, some M23 soldiers who defected from the FARDC in 2012 are still on the payroll.
Eric Omondi built a classroom for a school in Turkana County
The county Government has demolished the classroom saying that Eric did not follow the right procedure
Before, the pupils used to study under a tree
They have now gone back to studying under a tree
Welcome to Kenya
This year has not been easy for many families. The killing, maiming and abduction of young Kenyans has put to serious test our institutions. I condemn the killing, torture and the abductions and call for the immediate release of the youth still held unlawfully. #EndAbductionsKE
SHIF has little to do with HEALTHCARE, but everything to do with THEFT of national resources. PATTNI and his Goldenberg thieves wouldn't imagine this level of THIEVERY.